The Ministry of Public Security has released Circular 53/2016/TT-BCA on registration and acceptance of temporary residence for foreigners in Viet Nam.

Accordingly, temporarily-residing foreigners will have to log in the websites of immigration management offices of provincial and municipal police force to provide information on names, addresses, phone numbers, emails of residence sites. 

They will also have to register their personal names, date of births, phone numbers, ID cards as well as the passport number. In case of any change, they will have to update and supplement information at the police immigration management websites.

The immigration management offices were asked to receive registration information in 24 hours daily.    

The circular shall come into force since February 15, 2017.

VGP